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R71.8 - Other abnormality of red blood cells


The ICD 10 Code for Other abnormality of red blood cells is listed as R71.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R71.8
Description: Other abnormality of red blood cells
  • Abnormal red-cell morphology NOS
  • Abnormal red-cell volume NOS
  • Anisocytosis
  • Poikilocytosis
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
811 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W Mcc
812 - Red Blood Cell Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Abnormal findings on examination of blood, without diagnosis (R70-R79)
Parent R71 - Abnormality of red blood cells
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 790.09 - Other abnormality of red blood cells
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R71.8:
R71.0 - Precipitous drop in hematocrit